Bernard PICART (1673-1733) Suite of twenty-six engravings on catholic customs, nine of them on the theme of the inquisition, taken from the book "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" published in Amsterdam between 1723 and 1787 Some dated in the plate 1922, 1923 and 1924 Dim. 21 x 28 cm, eleven folio plates (folded), one of which in Italian format One plate "La cérémonie des chevaliers du Saint-Esprit" engraved by C. de PUTTER dated 1743 in the plate, in-folio Wear, foxing

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